2009 was a tough year for comics, in that sales declined and a number of stores (nearly 50% in some areas) closed their doors.  Closings of Waldenbooks and other book outlets also made getting product into customers’ hands difficult.  We also saw cover prices rise, even as the recession continued to impact fans ability to spend.

The Year in Comics 

Comics in Other Media

DC Comics

Other Publishers

Sales & Industry Information

Beginnings & Endings

Eisner Awards

Dan's Favorite

The Year in Marvel

In many ways these were the darkest days of the Marvel Universe, at least in terms of the stories told in the 616.  Evil was ascendant and heroes were on the run.

TOTAL SERIES: 681

TOTAL NEW SERIES: 513 

TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 506

SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 7

THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): War of Kings (54 issues), Utopia (13), Nation X (21), Necrosha (14)

BEST SELLING COMICS: ASM #583 (530K!), Captain America Reborn #1 (199K), Dark Avengers #1 (136K)

Events & Happenings

New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

New Characters

Series Ending

Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Kieron Gillen

Dan's Favorite

Next week: 2009 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

Questions or comments

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THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/